Leftover Rahmens - Part 2 of 2 (FIN)

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OK, that concludes my Rahmens tribute.
I hope y'all enjoyed The Rahmens as much as I did.

YYPPY!!!

Leftover Rahmens - Part 1 of 2

Hope y'all had a good Easter weekend...
As promised, more crazy weird antics from The Rahmens:

Delivery Man meets Zen Master


I believe the next 2 clips are segments of their live concerts. They put up a pretty innovative performance using simple props and a huge videoscreen:

Paddle


Fingers



Tomorrow: Leftover Rahmens Part 2 of 2 (FIN)

Week of The Rahmens - Day 5

Here's Part 2 of "the-better-looking-guy-from-Rahmens-terrorizing-little-japanese-boys" series.

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Hmmm, I gotta try this someday...


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Best of the lot!
Be sure to stay till the end of the clip!!!


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Technically, this is a totally different scenario from the rest.
The clip starts off with a kid staring at some object, trying to figure out how it got there. Then time gets rewinded, revealing Kobayashi-san (still clad in his blue tracksuit) doing the deed...

So it's not "mister, what are u doing?" but more of "what happened here?"



Ok, Part 2 marks the end of the Week of The Rahmens.

I still have a bunch of extremely funny Rahmens stuff I couldn't fit in. But no worries...
Just enjoy the long holiday weekend & be sure to come back next week as I try to wrap-up my Rahmens tribute...

Week of The Rahmens - Day 4

I like to call this particular collection:
"the-better-looking-guy-from-Rahmens-terrorizing-little-japanese-boys" series.

The Rahmens is made up of the better looking guy, Kentaro Kobayashi and the big hair guy, Jin Katagiri.

For today's Rahmens special, we feature Kentaro Kobayashi in a collection of bizarre educational short clips.

All clips start off with 3 kids playing/talking crap at the playground. 1 kid will notice Kobayashi-san (clad in the same blue tracksuit) doing something really weird. 1 kid will go up to him and ask, "mister, what are u doing?"

Here's Part 1.
Enjoy!

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Part 2 tomorrow!!!

Week of The Rahmens - Day 3, The Japan Culture Lab (the Japanese Tradition) series Part 3

I kinda saved the best clips for the last. The final part of The Japan Culture Lab (the Japanese Tradition) series: The art of getting a girlfriend.

IMO, a really die-die must-watch.

First 2 clips are instructional how-to clips, discussing about "dating tactics". The last 2 clips are parts of an actual short film, showing how the "tactics" are applied in real life situations.
Note: This is actually part of "Jam Films 2", a compilation of Japanese short films

And as usual, The Rahmens do not disappoint - really rofl hilarious stuff...

The Japanese Tradition - Kosai (Dating) Part 1



The Japanese Tradition - Kosai (Dating) Part 2



The Japanese Tradition - Kosai (Dating) Part 3



The Japanese Tradition - Kosai (Dating) Part 4


Alrite, that marks the end of The Japan Culture Lab clips available on the nets. I believe there's more, just that nobody has posted them yet - guess we'll have to wait.

Meanwhile, the official DVD of the series have gone on sale in Japan - y'all can buy it from Amazon Japan or official Japanese Tradition site.



Tomorrow, the Week of The Rahmens continues with "the-better-looking-guy-from-Rahmens-terrorizing-little-japanese-boys" series!!!

Week of The Rahmens - Day 2, The Japan Culture Lab (the Japanese Tradition) series Part 2

Here's Part 2:

The Japanese Tradition - Making an apology - DOGEZA
Learn how to make a sincere heartfelt apology in Japan


The Japanese Tradition - Making apologies - SHAZAI
Dogeza is too exaggerated for your liking? Well, no worries, this next clip lists the all the apologies available to fully express your remorse


The Japanese Tradition - Origami
Clash of the Origami masters!!! Watch how the old zen master puts the brash wannabe in his place...


The Japanese Tradition - Clapping
Learn how to clap the Japanese way!


Be sure to check back tomorrow for Part 3 (FINAL Part) of The Japan Culture Lab (the Japanese Tradition) series!!!

Week of The Rahmens - Day 2, The Japan Culture Lab (the Japanese Tradition) series Part 1

As promised, here's The Rahmens' claim to Youtube fame:
The Japan Culture Lab (the Japanese Tradition) series!!!
*It's important to note that the skits are satirical in nature and should never be take seriously*

PART 1

The Japanese Tradition - Sushi
Classic skit, making fun of culture of eating Sushi & the complex etiquettes expected



The Japanese Tradition - Onigiri (Riceballs)
A how-to clip on making riceballs



The Japanese Tradition - Hashi (Chopsticks)
The Art of using Chopsticks



Japanese Cuisine
Not by The Rahmens but along the same vein...



What better to end all these great food with some green tea!
The Japanese Tradition - Green Tea

Week of The Rahmens - Day 1

No random crap this week...

For the whole week, i'll be posting extremely hilarious clips from my favourite Japanese comedy duo: The Rahmens!

There's not much info on The Rahmens due to the lack of translated sites. If you can read japanese, here's the official Rahmens site. If you can't read japanese but wanna know more, here's the lame-ass Google translated English version of The Rahmens japanese wiki - pretty much WTF stuff so dun bother...

There's loads of clips on Youtube but most of them (the live comedy skits) are without english subtitles. But their Japan Culture Lab (The Japanese Tradition) series are much easier to understand and most of them are subtitled. Some skits are just plain weird. And the funny skits need no translation.

Alrite then, to start us off:
The "Get a Mac" ad campaign (aka PC vs. Mac ads)

The original ads featured actor Justin Long (Mac) & humorist John Hodgman (PC).
The UK ads featured British comedy duo, Mitchell (PC) and Webb (Mac).
Not to be outdone, Apple Japan has their own "Get a Mac" ads - played by The Rahmens!
Note: In the japanese versions, PC is depicted as a Salariman

Nicknames


iLife


Viruses


New Year Cards


Pie Chart


Restart


Security


Steps


Be sure to check back tomorrow for

the infamous "Japan Culture Lab" series &

"the-better-looking-guy-from-Rahmens-terrorizing-little-japanese-boys" series!!!